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Kaohsiung City will host the 2018 Global Harbor Cities Forum on 25 - 27 September 2018, where harbor cities from all over the world are invited get together to discuss

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Kaohsiung City will host the 2018 Global Harbor Cities Forum on 25 – 27 September 2018, where harbor cities from all over the world are invited get together to discuss and tackle common challenges faced by the city leaders. The aim of the forum is to call for collaboration among harbor cities and to come up with strategies that can foster urban transformation and create economic prosperity.

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Identify challenges and difficulties shared by the global harbor cities

Promote industrial transformation and urban development in the harbor cities

Provide a platform for collaboration in harbor cities and to build a strong business alliance

The theme of the 2018 Forum will be: Harbor City X Smart Technology X Cooperation.

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The 2018 Summit will bring together leaders from state and local governments, business, and citizens from around the world, to demonstrate how the

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The 2018 Summit will bring together leaders from state and local governments, business, and citizens from around the world, to demonstrate how the tide has turned in the race against climate change, showcase climate action taking place around the world, and inspire deeper commitments from each other and from national governments—in support of the Paris Agreement.

2018 is a turning point: countries and all of us must step up the commitments that were made in Paris and do more. The momentum we generate this year must lead to a climate turning point by 2020 in order to prevent the worst effects of climate change. It must be the beginning of a new phase of action and ambition on climate change.

At the Summit, leaders and citizens from around the world will share what they have achieved to date and will commit to doing more to improve our world and usher in a new era of decarbonization and prosperity.

The Summit will culminate in a call to action to nations to step up their ambition under the Paris Agreement, and cut emissions on a science-based trajectory that limits warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius.

The Summit seeks to change the climate conversation, broaden and depoliticize the issue, and activate everyone to call for change to preserve our future.

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september 12 (Wednesday) - 14 (Friday)

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EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK runs from 16–22 September each year, providing towns and cities with an opportunity to test out sustainable transport alternatives. By encouraging individuals to choose sustainable transport modes such as

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EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK runs from 16–22 September each year, providing towns and cities with an opportunity to test out sustainable transport alternatives. By encouraging individuals to choose sustainable transport modes such as walking and cycling, we can lower our carbon emissions, improve the quality of our air, and make our urban areas more pleasant places to live and work. 2017 was the most successful edition of EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK to date, with over 2,500 towns and cities participating.

EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2018 is focusing on ‘multimodality’ – the mixing of transport modes within the same journey or for different trips. Many of us instinctively opt for the same method of transport when moving around without necessarily examining the needs of the specific journey. The car may be the best way to take your family to the seaside, for example, but is it the best way to get them to the city centre where space and access is often limited?

This year, why not test out different transport modes: cycle to the gym to get a head start on burning calories, bring your bike on the train to beat the rush hour traffic, or take the bus and then stroll to the shops to avoid parking fees!

As well as providing health benefits, significant savings can be achieved through a multimodal approach, particularly when short journeys are completed through walking and cycling.

Embracing the concept of multimodality means rethinking the way we move about our cities, and having the willingness to try out new forms of mobility. From a city’s perspective, it requires the political will to support alternative transport methods.

By introducing some sustainable transport modes into our journeys, not only can we have a positive impact on the environment, we may just find that we’re fitter and happier, with some extra spending money too!

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Autonomy & The Urban Mobility Summit is the international urban mobility event happening in Paris, 18-20 October. After the success of its first edition in 2016, Autonomy is now positioned

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Autonomy & The Urban Mobility Summit is the international urban mobility event happening in Paris, 18-20 October. After the success of its first edition in 2016, Autonomy is now positioned as the annual multi-industry event where innovators, cities and consumers meet to change the way we get around.

About AutonomyAutonomy is an annual event held at La Grande Halle, de la Villette that brings all new mobility players together onto one platform. For the 2017 edition, the Pro days will take place from the 19-20 October (B2B – B2G) and 21 October will be open to the Public (B2C).

Autonomy consists of a talks program called, The Urban Mobility Summit, an exhibition area and test tracks. The focus of Autonomy is to speed up the transition to active, shared, electric and autonomous mobility. To achieve this we partner with cities and city networks looking for new mobility solutions and invite a massive variety of mobility related companies to present their new mobility products and services.

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Walk21: Bogota - Walkable City
15 - 19 October, 2018
Background to The International Conference on Walking and Liveable Cities
Walk21 started

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Walk21: Bogota – Walkable City

15 – 19 October, 2018

Background to The International Conference on Walking and Liveable Cities

Walk21 started in 2000 with a conference in London and the conference has been held every year since, in different cities around the world. Typically every other year the event has been hosted in Europe but every year always draws on the best information and presenters worldwide, and delegates come from around the globe.

The Walk21 conference series supports, encourages and inspires the Global Walking Network to:

Confirm the importance of walking politically and in policy

Provide an international platform for an inclusive discussion

Acknowledge current research, practice and promotion

Identify the need for future research and networking.

International delegates attending a Walk21 conference do so to have the opportunity to hear from leading professionals about programmes, policies and projects that really work and explore those themes in action through walking tours and visits arranged in the host city.

Walk21 conferences are well known and well respected as important events worldwide. Since 2002 the Walk21 conference has always attracted around 500 participants. The brand name (Walk21®) therefore has a valuable reputation as the international quality event where people meet. The event also highlights the ambitions of the host city and has a positive impact on the walking policy of the whole country. The event, above all, generates added international prestige for the host city and the involved organisations and institutions.

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The Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference and Expo is an annual event with the overarching theme which runs across all the aspects of urban mobility and is organized by the

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The Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference and Expo is an annual event with the overarching theme which runs across all the aspects of urban mobility and is organized by the Institute of Urban Transport (India) under the aegis of the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. UMI is mandated by the National Urban Transport Policy of the Government of India, 2006 (NUTP). The objective of UMI is to bring together urban transport professionals and officials in the country as well as international experts to enable them to share views and to share their experiences. The conference is marked by interactions and discussions around case studies to assist the cities, whose officials attend the conference, in keeping themselves up to date with best urban transport practices and to carry home ideas to develop their urban transport along a sustainable path.

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What is COP24
COP24 is the informal name for the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The UNFCCC is a “Rio

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What is COP24

COP24 is the informal name for the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The UNFCCC is a “Rio Convention”, one of three adopted at the “Rio Earth Summit” in 1992. The UNFCCC entered into force on 21 March 1994. Today, it has near-universal membership. The countries that have ratified the Convention are called Parties to the Convention. Preventing “dangerous” human interference with the climate system is the ultimate aim of the UNFCCC.

The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the supreme body of the UNFCCC Convention. It consists of the representatives of the Parties to the Convention. It holds its sessions every year. The COP takes decisions which are necessary to ensure the effective implementation of the provisions of the Convention and regularly reviews the implementation of these provisions.

In accordance with a decision of the 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention (COP22) in Marrakesh in November 2016, the successive climate summit will be held in Poland. Poland was selected to host this event within the framework of the Eastern European Group (EEG).

Poland will hold the Presidency of the Climate Convention for the third time.

COP24 will take place from 3-14 December 2018, in Katowice, Poland.

COP24 Vision

One of the most important tasks of the 24th Session of the of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) will be to work out and adopt a package of decisions ensuring the full implementation of the Paris Agreement, in accordance with the decisions adopted in Paris (COP21) and in Marrakesh (CMA1.1). Moreover, COP24 will include the so-called Facilitative Dialogue intended to support the implementation of national commitments.

In the course of the 2018 Climate Summit Poland would like to demonstrate how neutrality in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, i.e. a balance between CO2 emissions and its sequestration by soils and forests, can be attained.